. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . 71 f ^ ?«V-^ .f/ ^. surface, found itattached to achrysalis an inchand a half inlength. Thebranching rootsot the fungus penetratedthe interior, and a dis-section of the chrysalisshowed the perfectly formedmoth ready to emerge, butnow being transformed froman insect into a fungus by theabsorption of the plant. What dowc infer from this? I have neverseen this species described, except inmy own paper in the Scie^itific Amer-ican some years since, but it is safe toassume that if it is ever seen again, inthe m
. Sharp eyes; a rambler's calendar of fifty-two weeks among insects, birds and flowers; . 71 f ^ ?«V-^ .f/ ^. surface, found itattached to achrysalis an inchand a half inlength. Thebranching rootsot the fungus penetratedthe interior, and a dis-section of the chrysalisshowed the perfectly formedmoth ready to emerge, butnow being transformed froman insect into a fungus by theabsorption of the plant. What dowc infer from this? I have neverseen this species described, except inmy own paper in the Scie^itific Amer-ican some years since, but it is safe toassume that if it is ever seen again, inthe moss or else- where, the samechrysalis will be drawnto the surface with it,for it plainly belongsto a genus of fungi of whichseveral species are known, andone or two of which areamong the most remarkableof their tribe. In NewZealand, for instance,there is a similar spe-cies which has a fancyfor the head of a cer- lft\ u. ^ \ ^
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